St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada

Facilities and Services

Mallorytown Landing

1121-1000 Islands Parkway (401 exit 675)

• Visitor centre with live animals, hands-on exhibits, Aboriginal stories, children's activities
• Outdoor exhibits and artwork
• Interpretive programs
• Playground
• 2-km trail with easy and moderate hiking loops
• Boat launch
• Picnic area
• Scenic river views
• Geocaches

Trail map (2010)

Jones Creek trails

1000 Islands Parkway, 6 km east of Mallorytown Landing (401 exit 675 or 685)

• 12-km trail network of easy to difficult trail loops
• Wildlife viewing
• Lookout points
• Scenic wetland boardwalk
• Geocaches

Trail map (2010)

Landon Bay Centre
(Privately operated)

302-1000 Islands Parkway (401 exit 647)

• 7-km trail network
• Playground
• Scenic lookout
• Geocaches
• Picnic area
• Campground
• Pool

Trail map (2010)

A Nature Day Camp for kids is offered throughout the summer with sessions on a different environmental theme each week. To reserve campsites or for more information on educational opportunities offered at the Landon Bay Centre, call 613-382-2719 or click here.

Islands

There are over 20 island properties in the St. Lawrence River between Kingston and Brockville. Note: Unless otherwise stated, national park islands have docks, composting toilets, primitive campsites and walking trails; most have shelters. Interpretive programs on a variety of natural and cultural heritage topics are offered throughout the summer at various island and mainland locations. The park does not provide transportation to the islands. The park encourages a pack-in-pack-out policy throughout the park and most island locations do not have garbage facilities. Please help us protect and preserve these unique island locations.

Stovin - Eastern gateway to the 1000 Islands; busy island adjacent to Brockville. Map (2007)

Adelaide - Significant native archaeological site and waterfowl habitat. Map (2007)

Grenadier – East - Sheltered, shallow docking. Trail connects to township road, which traverses the 8 km island. Map (2007)

Grenadier – Central - Evidence of farming that was started by United Empire Loyalist settlers. Group camping also available. Map (2007)

Grenadier – North - Former site of the Angler's Inn (c. 1871), favourite stop for fishermen; shallow water dock. Map (2007)

Grenadier – West - Navigational light that replaced lighthouse once operated by the Root family. Deep docking. Map (2007)

Georgina - The 1000 Islands Bridge to the U.S. has footings on the island. Diverse forest habitats. Map (2007)

Constance - Swift, shallow water swirls past the island as it plunges over a sill below the 1000 Islands Bridge, where the water depth drops to over 65 m. Map (2007)

Hill - Limited docking at Batterman's Point. Map (2007)

Gordon - Sandstone-based island with deep soils. Archaeologically significant sites where native peoples spent summers hunting and gathering. Map (2007)

Mulcaster - "Nature's Arboretum" with 29 species of trees that highlight the diversity of the 1000 Islands flora. Map (2007)

Camelot - Rocky, steep cliffs and heavily forested interior. Map (2007)

Endymion - A fragile example of 1000 Islands ecology. Map (2007)

Mermaid – See the “roche moutonnée”, the rock hill shaped by the passage of glacier ice and looks like a sheep's back. Deep-draught docking. Map (2007)

Aubrey - Marks the western edge of the Frontenac Arch. Map (2007)

Thwartway - Became part of the park in 1972 and has remained a nature reserve. Map (2007)

McDonald - Once used for farming, then as a youth camp by the Rotary Club and Sea Cadets. Now regenerating fields and forests provide prime wildlife habitat. Map (2007)

Beau Rivage - Favourite spot for picnicking and camping since the park's inception in 1904. Map (2007)

Milton - At the western entrance to the Bateau Channel. Map (2007)

Cedar - Cathcart Tower, part of Kingston's historic fortifications and a national historic site. Map (2007)

Service and Facility grid

Recycling and garbage pick-up available at four locations in park

Recycling and garbage collection will be available on McDonald, Beau Rivage and Central Grenadier islands and at Mallorytown Landing beginning in May 2010. On all other islands, visitors will be responsible for packing out their own garbage.

The decision to offer garbage pickup at four park locations was reached due to financial assessment during the management planning process. In response to visitors' requests, recycling facilities will be added at the four locations where garbage is collected.

Visitors are encouraged to repackage food to reduce waste before heading out to the islands.

The cooperation of boating visitors and changes to garbage collection points over the past ten years has already begun to reduce the human footprint on the national park. Since 2001, garbage produced in the park has been reduced by 60 per cent.

	Docks	Mooring buoys	Campsites	Garbage facilities	Picnic shelter	Generators permitted
Stovin	M				x
Mallorytown Landing	S			x	x	x
Adelaide	S	4			x
Grenadier – East	S		3
Grenadier – Central	L		17	x	x	x
Grenadier – North	S		2
Grenadier – West	M				x	x
Georgina	L		2			x
Constance	M					x
Hill	S					x
Gordon	M		2			x
Mulcaster	M		2
Camelot	M	6	6			x
Endymion	S	7
Mermaid	S
Aubrey	L		8			x
Thwartway		5
McDonald	L		11	x	x	x
Beau Rivage	L		8	x	x	x
Milton	M		2		x
Cedar	M		4		x

Docks:

• S = <100m
• M = 100-200m
• L = >200m

All islands have walking trails and composting toilets.

The St. Lawrence River is renowned for its dangerous shoals; accurate nautical charts are essential for boating safety. Nautical charts may be purchased at private outlets listed on the website www.charts.gc.ca.